Class experiences Vietnam in story, song

From: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME | Date: May 10, 2008| Author: OF THE NEWS STAFF; GEORGE CHAPPELL | Copyright information

THORNDIKE - In 1967, at age 19, Vincent Gabriel had gone from his home in New Jersey to visit a cousin in California.

"I was playing in a rock 'n' roll band," he told a senior English class Friday at Mount View High School. "Life was sweet. Life was good."

He had been in California for a week when he got a letter from the draft board ordering him to report for induction into the U.S. Army.

"I flew right home," Gabriel said. A day later he left for the Army and Vietnam.

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